Verse 14
What the sages ask of him· Verses 14–20
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14Best of kings, take in what we lay before you. It will add to your life and your fortune, your strength and your name, dear one. 15When men carry out dharma in word and mind and body and understanding, it gives them worlds without grief; and to those who cling to nothing it gives what has no end. 16Hero, do not let that dharma die in you. It is the mark of the people's safety, and when it dies a king comes down from his lordship. 17King, a king who guards the people from bad ministers and from thieves and the like, and takes his tribute so, is glad here and glad when he has gone. 18In whose kingdom and in whose city the Bhagavan, the Person of sacrifice, is worshipped by people keeping to class and stage, each by his own duty,
19with that king, greatly favoured one, who stands by his own rule, the Bhagavan who makes beings be, the self of all, is well pleased. 20And when the lord of the lords of the worlds is pleased, what is there that cannot be got? The worlds with their guardians bring him tribute, and are glad to do it.